How do I insert a chart into my post/page?

Currently this plugin has no graphical assist, so you have to manually type the shortcode directly within your text as such:

[easychart]

You should avoid using the WYSIWYG "Visual" post editor when entering shortcodes. Instead, use the "HTML" tab.

This will create a default demo chart. You will specify a variety of parameters to create your own.

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What chart types are supported?

Currently vertical bar, horizontal bar, and pie charts are supported, however more options can be provided if there is sufficient interest.

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Can I change chart types without changing the data?

Yes. The chart types are independent of the data content, so you can preview how your data may look like as a horizontal or vertical bar chart, or as a pie chart.

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I get the following message in my posts: "EASY CHART BUILDER SHORTCODE ERROR"

Your shortcode has an illegal parameter, or perhaps a new line. Make sure the shortcode is in one single line. It can wrap of course, but sometimes editors place implicit breaks... these become HTML codes under the covers and confuses the shortcode parser.

This message was created to help identify when these situations were occuring. If your problems continue, please contact us.

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How can I support your plugin?

Right now there are three support options that would be much appreciated

2) Advertise our Flitter! iPhone app on your site. You can use the graphics right off of this site's main page or contact us if you want something custom.

3) Donate via PayPal. The sidebar on your right over there has a paypal donation button.

This list is in no particular order, whatever you choose would be wonderful to us!

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I still get the "EASY CHART BUILDER SHORTCODE ERROR" and I know I have entered everything correctly!

It is rare, but you also may have a plugin that replaces key phrases in your blog with HTML markup codes (such as a dictionary or ad plugin). The plugin in question MAY be performing this prior to wordpress shortcode parsing. If this is the case you can replace a single letter of the phrase you want in the shortcode with a percent character followed by the HEX ASCII code from this table:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ASCII#ASCII_printable_characters

This will prevent the plugin from matching its keywords, and allow our shortcode to show the correct text.

If your problems continue, please contact us. Could be a bug in our stuff you know!

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How do I put a chart in my sidebar (or widget)?

Add a generic "text" widget to your site and edit it. Inside the text, use the shortcode as you normally would. Note this requires ecb >= v0.7.

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7 Responses to “Easy Chart Builder FAQ”

I’m setting up an new website for a charity,
It has to be online on 1st of march.
But i want to get rid of the button “show/hide data table’
how do i do that, whatever i try i get an header error when i log in into the wordpress admin.
But on the site it shows correct.

how is it possible to manage negative numbers? For example, i have a vertical bar chart that has to show positive and negative economic performances, but strangely when i put the a string of values as 45, -36, 70, 50… the result is a chart with wrong values as representation!
thank you,
gigetto

This displays the table correctly but for some strange reason, in the case of the chart, it moves the word “July” to the start of the line, i.e. before March. The bar in the graph itself is in the correct position. When I deleted July it displayed the word “Aug” at the start of the line so it seems that it is moving the 5th groupname to the 1st position. Any idea why?

I can’t send you a url to view it as it’s only a draft but I could send you a screen shot if you tell me where.

It appears OK when a chart precedes it, however if it is the first, it does exhibit what you have said. It appears that all is correct, just that July is moved in the legend (though its color representation matches the data bars correctly). I am not sure if this is Google Charts doing this or not.